Over the past month, we participating in Second Harvest’s For the Love of Food Challenge, a campaign geared at reducing food waste at home. Here’s what we learned about how to rescue food before it hits the green bin. The little compost bin below our sink at home sees a lot of action. It quickly…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 184 of The New Family Podcast where we explore how we can talk to kids about death in honest ways that they can understand. In our culture, we don’t like talking about death. Most of us will do almost anything to avoid broaching the subject,…
Photo by Anthony Tran on Unsplash Here’s a lighthearted look at the stuff that moms would really find useful this Mother’s Day. At some point in the next few days, chances are good the younger of my two kids will present me with some sort of teacher-orchestrated tissue paper flower or laminated bookmark featuring a…
We first heard from Heidi Wilk when her husband — who had brain cancer — was in his final months. The mom of three and young widow shares what it’s been like to navigate life as a newly solo parent. Plus, she lets us in on how best to support someone who has lost their…
Photo Credit: © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell Most North American moms give birth in clean, safe hospitals with little thought about whether their caregivers will have the needed supplies to help them with the job of bringing baby into the world. This Mother’s Day, celebrate the woman who raised you with a UN Refugee Agency charitable gift that…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 183 of The New Family Podcast where we talk to a comedian and mom of two about her journey with depression and the steps she took to get better. You know my guest, acclaimed comedian and actor Jessica Holmes, from her work on The Royal…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 182 of The New Family Podcast where we talk about what parents can do better to raise kids who will help to stamp out sexual abuse and harassment, respect boundaries, call out wrongs and stand up for themselves. There’s a reckoning underway that’s calling attention…
A mom of two confronts her unfounded belief that, as the mom, she was predisposed to be the better parent. Now experience has shown her that this attitude is the basis for maternal gate-keeping, which is a massive barrier to the equal parenting moms need in order to thrive in their careers. Here’s how she’s…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 181 of The New Family Podcast where we explore our relationship with consumerism, materialism and how we can be better. Could you go a year buying only consumables? You know, just the food, medicine and toiletries your family needed, replacing items like, say, outgrown snow…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 180 of The New Family Podcast where we poke a little good-natured fun at the world of hipster parents. Today’s episode is fun one because I get to speak with a dynamic husband-and-wife team who are not only award-winning journalists but smart and funny people….